My Website!

Learn more about how this website is made.

How is it made?

Discover the three easy steps it takes to make this website possible!

1. Local Instance of WordPress

I first build the website using a local instance of WordPress. I chose WordPress because itโ€™s free, user-friendly, and offers a wide range of plugins for effortless, beautiful website creation. To run the local instance, I used a program called โ€œLocal.โ€

2. WordPress to Static Webpage

I use the โ€œSimply Staticโ€ plugin to convert my web pages into static HTML. The plugin offers a variety of options and allows me to export the static files directly to a local folder on my computer, which comes in handy for my next step.

3. Github Pages

The static HTML pages are exported to a GitHub Pages repository on my computer, where I review the changes and push them to GitHub. Within minutes, the updates are live on the website! I switched from WordPress to GitHub Pages for better reliability, faster load times, and because itโ€™s free! Since I didnโ€™t need WordPress features like comments, the simplicity of static pages was a perfect fit. You can view all the code for my website here!